The Phoenix Suns (35-24) play the Houston Rockets (25-34) on March 2, 2024 at Footprint Center. The Rockets are underdogs by a nine-point margin as they enter the matchup losers of two in a row with a 7-3 record in their last 10 games. The matchup has a point total of 232.5.
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Spread: Rockets (+9) to Cover
- The Suns are favored by both DraftKings and the model, but the model has them winning by significantly less (9 to 5.9 points). Take the Rockets and the points.
- Houston has a 29-28-2 record against the spread this year.
- The Rockets have covered the spread once this year (1-2-1 ATS) when playing as at least 9-point underdogs.
- Phoenix has gone 24-33-2 ATS this season.
- The Suns have been favored by 9 points or more nine times this season, and covered the spread in four of those matchups.
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Total: Under 232.5
- The DraftKings point total for this game is just 3.8 points highter than the model projection.
- Phoenix and its opponent have broken the 232.5-point mark 26 times this season.
- Houston’s games have had over 232.5 points 25 times this season.
- Suns games have hit the over 27 out of 59 times this season.
- So far this year, 26 out of the Rockets’ 59 games with an over/under have gone over the point total.
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Moneyline Winner: Suns (-425)
- Prediction: Suns 117, Rockets 111
- This season, Phoenix has been favored 44 times and won 29, or 65.9%, of those games.
- Houston has won in 11, or 27.5%, of the 40 contests it has been named as the odds-on underdog this year.
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Jusuf Nurkic Rebounds Prop: Over 10.5
- Jusuf Nurkic puts up 11.9 points, 10.4 boards and 3.7 assists per game, shooting 51.5% from the field.
- He has grabbed 10.4 boards per game, which is less than his prop bet in Saturday’s game (10.5).
- He has collected more boards than the over/under set for him by sportsbooks 27 times this season in 56 games with that prop available.
- In 2023-24, the Rockets are fourth-best in the NBA in rebounds (46.1 per game) and 23rd in rebounds conceded (44.8).
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Jalen Green Rebounds Prop: Under 4.5
- The Rockets are getting 17.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game from Jalen Green this year.
- He averages 0.3 more rebounds than his prop bet Saturday of 4.5.
- He’s finished over his set total for rebounds in 32 of 60 games with a prop so far this season.
- The Suns rank fourth-best in the NBA by allowing just 41.5 rebounds per game. They rank 15th in the league by grabbing 43.7 rebounds per contest.
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